GROUP OF HERCULANEUM PORCELAIN
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £200 - £300
Auction: Session One - Wednesday 19th February at 10am
Description
comprising a coffee can and saucer, probably painted by Samuel Williams, each painted with a scene of a mother and two children in a landscape setting carrying water vessels upon their heads; a small cream pail, probably painted by Samuel Williams, depicting peasants in a landscape setting and a man carrying sticks upon his head to the reverse, within gilt borders; and a tapered beaker, probably Herculaneum, with puce bat printed scenes to either side depicting nautical scenes within gilt roundel borders, with a yellow band border above the base and a yellow band rim; all unmarked
Dimensions
beaker 8.2cm high, pail 7cm high
Provenance
The Maisels Collection of British Ceramics
Footnote
For a reference relating to the coffee can and saucer see Alan Smith ‘Illustrated Guide to Liverpool Herculaneum Pottery’, p 48